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A comparison of fiscal rules for resource-rich economies
(Journal article, 2017)This paper produces a normative evaluation of fiscal rules for a resource-rich economy. Ad hoc fiscal rules might imply substantial welfare costs; the goal is to analyze the magnitude of these costs by quantitatively ... -
The Effect of Permanent Employment on Absenteeism: Evidence from Labor Reform in Spain
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Restrictive employment protection legislation has been highlighted as a key reason for lower labor productivity in Europe compared to the United States. Evidence in the literature has shown robust effects of employment ... -
En eventstudie av avkastningen på nordiske bankaksjer ved annonsert endring i styringsrente
(Master thesis, 2017)Denne oppgaven undersøker om annonserte endringer i styringsrente har en effekt på markedsverdien til bankaksjer i Norden. Ved å anvende en eventstudie metodologi analyseres prisendringen under flere renteendringer i ... -
Oslo housing market, a bubble?
(Master thesis, 2017)The housing market in Oslo has experienced high price growth the recent years. House prices have risen nationwide but the price growth in Oslo has been exceptional. Several people have pointed out that it is an unhealthy ... -
Help not needed? Optimal host country regulation of expatriate NGO workers
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)Motivated by interventions in poor countries to increase the use of local labor in foreign nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), we address the behavior of these organizations under host government regulation. We extend ... -
Socioeconomic status and children’s need for hospital services. Implications for need-based resource allocation models
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)We investigate whether parents´ socioeconomic status affects children´s need for hospital services, and potential implications for need-based resource allocation models. Data are from somatic hospital stays by children ... -
Tar vi opp de rette studentene ved økonomisk-administrative studier?
(Journal article, 2017)Det er konkurranse om plassene ved det ordinære økonomisk-administrative studiet ved NTNU Handelshøyskolen. Rangering av søkerne er basert på antall opptakspoeng fra den videregående skole (VGS) pluss eventuelle tilleggspoeng. ... -
Conflict and cooperation in an age structured fishery
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)The literature on ‘fish wars', where agents engage in non-cooperative exploitation of single fish stocks or interacting fish stocks is well established, but age and stage structured models do not seem to have been handled ... -
Oil price and the exchange rate - A study on how the oil price affects the Norwegian Krone exchange rate under different monetary policy regimes
(Master thesis, 2017)We show the existence of a statistically significant short-term relationship between the Norwegian exchange rate and the oil price, and how this effect increased following the introduction of inflation targeting by Norges ... -
On the tragedy of the commons: When predation and livestock loss may improve the economic lot of herders
(Journal article, 2017)This paper studies the practice of semi-domestic reindeer (Rangifer t. tarandus) herding in Finnmark county in northern Norway. In this area, the Saami reindeer herders compete for space and grazing areas and keep large ... -
Railway Commuting Costs and Housing Prices in Norway: an Empirical Analysis
(Master thesis, 2017)In this thesis we present a new variable measuring the generalised time costs of commuting to and from central municipalities in Norway, from 1997 to 2016. We use this variable to estimate the effect of changes in railway ... -
A new Keynesian framework and wage and price dynamics in the USA
(Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)This paper investigates theoretical implications from a new Keynesian model focusing on the labor market, by imposing them as testable restrictions in an estimated vector error correction model on US data from 1982Q3 to ... -
Pengepolitikk i en to-sektor økonomi
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The Dutch disease revisited: absorption constraint and learning by doing
(Journal article, 2017)This paper revisits the Dutch disease by analyzing the general equilibrium effects of a resource shock on a dependent economy, both in a static and dynamic setting. The novel aspect of this study is to incorporate in one ... -
En empirisk analyse av variasjon i eiendomsskatten mellom norske kommuner - Spatial avhengighet i norske kommuner
(Master thesis, 2017)Temaet for denne oppgaven er eiendomsskatt. Formålet er å undersøke hva som fører til variasjon i eiendomsskatten mellom norske kommuner, og om det eksisterer en spatial avhengighet mellom nabokommunene i bestemmelsen av ...